"The US, not the European Union, replaced Russia at the centre of Finnish foreign and defence policy last year as Finns abandoned seven decades of non-alignment to join NATO."
"Russia's invasion of east Ukraine and Crimea in 2014 put the country on alert. Niinisto told parliament this demanded an investment in defence that is perhaps greater than we have so far discussed to protect its 1000km (621-mile) long land border with Russia, now NATO's longest."
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